Peptide design is an efficient strategy to create relevant models of natural metal binding sites found in proteins. The two short tetrapeptides Ac-Cys-dPro-Pro-Cys-NH2 (CdPPC) and Ac-Cys-Pro-Gly-Cys-NH2 (CPGC) were synthesized and studied as mimics of Cu(I) binding sites involved in Cu ...

Peptide design is an efficient strategy to create relevant models of natural metal binding sites found in proteins. The two short tetrapeptides Ac-Cys-dPro-Pro-Cys-NH2 (CdPPC) and Ac-Cys-Pro-Gly-Cys-NH2 (CPGC) were synthesized and studied as mimics of Cu(I) binding sites involved in Cu ...

In this work, we employed for the first time a dinuclear bis[tris(2-aminoethyl)amine] cryptate to obtain the self-assembly of pseudorotaxane structures in an aqueous solution. The goal was achieved by exploiting the well-known affinity of the dicopper azacryptate with diphenyl spacers for the ...

The reaction of the simple metalloligand [FeIIIL3] [HL = 1-(4-pyridyl)butane-1,3-dione] with a variety of different MII salts results in the formation of a family of heterometallic cages of formulae [FeIII8PdII6L24]Cl12 (1), [FeIII8CuII6L24(H2O)4Br4]Br8 (2), [FeIII8CuII6L24(H2O)10](NO3)12 (3), ...

The reaction of the simple metalloligand [FeIIIL3] [HL = 1-(4-pyridyl)butane-1,3-dione] with a variety of different MII salts results in the formation of a family of heterometallic cages of formulae [FeIII8PdII6L24]Cl12 (1), [FeIII8CuII6L24(H2O)4Br4]Br8 (2), [FeIII8CuII6L24(H2O)10](NO3)12 (3), ...

Flexible redox properties of a metal complex are important for redox catalysis. The present study shows that the reaction of a manganese(III) salen complex, which is a well-known oxidation catalyst, with hydroxide ion gives a transient manganese(III) species with drastically lowered redox ...

Flexible redox properties of a metal complex are important for redox catalysis. The present study shows that the reaction of a manganese(III) salen complex, which is a well-known oxidation catalyst, with hydroxide ion gives a transient manganese(III) species with drastically lowered redox ...

The Magnéli phase V6O11 was synthesized in gram amounts from a powder mixture of V6O11/V7O13 and vanadium metal, using the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. Its structure was determined with synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data from a phase-pure sample synthesized by conventional ...

Using DCC as the dehydrating agent, a series of Weakley-type polyoxomolybdates [Bu4N]3{Ln[Mo5O13(OMe)4(NO)]2} (Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) were synthesized in a one-pot reaction and structurally characterized by elemental, IR, UV–vis analysis, PXRD, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Furthermore, the ...